Polynesian Tribal Tattoo Nail Art

Hi summer friends! Sorry it's been another month since I've last posted. I really wanted to do a lot of summer themed nail art since I'm out of school for now, but work has still kept me really busy. Since I last posted I went to Island Reggae Festival, celebrated my 3 year wedding anniversary, and went to Disneyland and California Adventure parks. Today I'll be sharing the mani I wore to Island Reggae Festival. It's an annual all day event that has Polynesian music artists performing at Great America and there's vendors, food, and best of all beer!

I first did a white base for the gradient with OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. For the gradient I used OPI Red Hot Rio, OPI I Just Can't Cope-Acabana, and Essie Mojito Madness and then stamped using MoYou London Explorer 15 XL and MoYou London Explorer 19 in Konad Black.

Rasta Stripes

Hey loves! Today I'll be going to Island Reggae Festival at Great America so of course I had to do some Rasta nails! I was so tempted to do a gradient, but I did a red/yellow/green gradient just a few weeks ago so I wanted to do something new. I was inspired by NailStories and CoewlessPolish for this design. I used China Glaze Hey Sailor, China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, and China Glaze Gaga for Green to make 3 stripes for my base. After it was completely dry, I placed striping tape in random patterns on my nails and then used OPI Black Onyx. I did each nail one by one so I could remove the tape right away. I really like this look. Even though cutting and placing the tape was kind of tedious for me, I will be giving this another try!

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 11: Polka Dots

Happy Monday! So I ran out of manis that I did before moving so this one I just did this morning. My nail stuff is all in boxes and I had to find a new spot to take pictures. I feel like none of my pictures were coming out good today so bear with me as I get adjusted to my new place and doing my nails. I tried doing a mani for tomorrow also and I'm not happy with it, but I'm so busy I may just have to post it =/ Anyways here's the mani for today's polka dots theme. I used a base of Zoya Purity and then sponged on China Glaze Hey Sailor, Happy Go Lucky, and Starboard. I stamped using Konad M60 in MASH Nail Art Polish in Black. It's my first time using the new MASH stamping polish. It was really easy to clean up, but my image has some bald spots and I'm not sure if that was the polish or me.

Rasta Water Marble

Hey everyone. I have a pretty cool post for you today. My husband's cousin Mia came over this week and she just recently celebrated her 21st birthday so I did her nails for her. She wanted a reggae water marble so here's what I came up with. I'm super happy with how it came out! I started out with a white base and marbled using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Cherry Red, Black Out, Mellow Yellow, and China Glaze Starboard.

Reggae Inspired Nails

I've done gradient nails before, but it wasn't anything spectacular. After learning a few tips from Rebecca at Rebecca Likes Nails, I really wanted to try it again. The link to her gradient tutorial is here. I don't know if you'd call this gradient because the colors don't exactly "blend" together, but it's the same procedure. I first painted all my nails with one coat of China Glaze in Hey Sailor. Then I sponged on China Glaze in Happy Go Lucky. The last color I used to sponge was China Glaze in Starboard. Lastly, I stamped using BM 208 with Konad black. I wanted to use zebra print pretty bad, but I wanted to change it up a little since I try not to copy people's nails exactly, even when I give credit. It just feels a little weird. Ok anyways, I LOVE how this turned out! I'm totally going to do this more often!

Don't mind my thumb. I forgot to sponge all the way to the sides and only noticed it after pics.